Families and Households 2

What is meant by government policy?

Action plan put together by the government to solve an issue

What is China’s one child policy?

People can only have one child to reduce the population, mandatory sterilisation after

Who does China’s one child policy not apply to in China?

Ethnic minorities

What consequences did China’s one child policy have on the family?

Abandoning female children, lack of labour, aging population

What was Communist Romania’s policy to drive up the birth rate?

Restricted abortion and conceptration, extra tax for unmarried and childless couples, sex education, close eye on hospitals

What was the Nazi family policy?

Women removed from work, sterilisation of disabled undesirables, birthing homes for women to mate with racially pure

What was the 2013 Marriage Act and who introduced it?

Coalition - gay marriage made legal

What was the 1942 Beveridge Report and who introduced it?

Labour - creation of the welfare state

What was the 1969 Divorce Reform Act and who introduced it?

Labour - enabled couples to divorce if they had been separated for 2 years and both desired a divorce, or after 5 years if only one wanted

What was the 1975 Sex Discrimination Act and who introduced it?

Labour - prohibited sex and marital status discrimination in the workplace

What was the 1970 Equal Pay Act and who introduced it?

Labour - allowed women to be paid the same

What was 1988 Section 28 and who introduced it?

Conservative - schools can’t teach homosexuality

What was the 1991 Marital Rape Act and who introduced it?

Conservative - considered marital rape as a form of domestic violence and abuse

What was the 1993 Child Support Agency and who introduced it?

Conservative - ensured absent fathers paid child support

What are working tax credits and who introduced it?

New Labour - removed tax incentive for couples to get and stay married, provided tax allowance for families with children, designed to encourage both partners to work

What is 2000 Free Childcare for all 2.5 year olds and who introduced it?

New Labour - offering up to £2000 a year per child

What was the 2002 Adoption and Children’s Act and who introduced it?

New Labour - allows unmarried people and gay couples to adopt

What is 2003 paid paternity leave and who introduced it?

New Labour - fathers can take paid week or 2 off for childcare

What is the 2005 Civil Partnership Act and who introduced it?

New Labour - gay couples can form a civil partnership

What is the 2011 reintroduction of married persons tax allowance and who introduced it?

Coalition - small tax break for married couples

What is shared parental leave and who introduced it?

Coalition - parental leave is shared equally

What is troubled families intervention and who introduced it?

Coalition - funded troubled families